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personal equation

American  

noun

  1. the tendency to personal bias that accounts for variation in interpretation or approach and for which allowance must be made.

personal equation British  

noun

  1. the variation or error in observation or judgment caused by individual characteristics

  2. the allowance made for such variation

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Etymology

Origin of personal equation

First recorded in 1835–45

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